Q: Is 461,615,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 461,615,520 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 461,615,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 32 40 46 48 60 69 80 92 96 115 120 138 160 184 230 240 276 345 368 460 480 552 690 736 920 1,104 1,380 1,840 2,208 2,760 3,680 5,520 11,040 41,813 83,626 125,439 167,252 209,065 250,878 334,504 418,130 501,756 627,195 669,008 836,260 961,699 1,003,512 1,254,390 1,338,016 1,672,520 1,923,398 2,007,024 2,508,780 2,885,097 3,345,040 3,846,796 4,014,048 4,808,495 5,017,560 5,770,194 6,690,080 7,693,592 9,616,990 10,035,120 11,540,388 14,425,485 15,387,184 19,233,980 20,070,240 23,080,776 28,850,970 30,774,368 38,467,960 46,161,552 57,701,940 76,935,920 92,323,104 115,403,880 153,871,840 230,807,760 and 461,615,520, with no remainder.

Since 461,615,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 461,615,520, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).